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巢 Cháo

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Cháo | Chao2
English translation
surname Chao
nest
nest, living quarters in tree

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About 巢 Cháo

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

巢 Cháo

Contains the radical

巛 chuān

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

A nest 巛田 built in a tree 木 Mù

Etymology of 巢 Cháo

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿱巛果

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Example sentences using 巢 Cháo

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鸽子 gēzi 从 Cóng 百 Bǎi 英里 Yīng lǐ 之外 zhī wài 返回 fǎn huí 窝巢 wō cháo .

The pigeon homed from a distance of 100 miles.

一些 yī xiē 鸟 diǎo 用 yòng 树枝 shù zhī 筑巢.

Some birds build nests of twigs.

多数 duō shù 鸟 diǎo 在 zài 树上筑巢.

Most birds nest in a tree.

他 tā 已 yǐ 看中 kàn zhòng 那个 nà ge 地方 dìfāng 作为 zuòwéi 建 jiàn 香巢 xiāng cháo 的 de 地点 dìdiǎn .

He had fixed upon that region as an objective point.

他们 tā men 把 bǎ 潜艇 qián tǐng 困 kùn 在 zài 巢穴 cháoxué 里 lǐ ,使 shǐ 其 qí 无法 wú fǎ 出击 chū jī .

They bottled up the submarines in their nest.

Words with 巢 Cháo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
巢 Cháo nest巢 Cháo
卵巢 luǎn cháo ovary卵巢 luǎn cháo
巢穴 cháoxué lair巢穴 cháoxué
鸟巢 niǎo cháo bird's nest鳥巢
蜂巢 fēng cháo beehive蜂巢 fēng cháo
巢湖 Cháo hú Chaohu lake巢湖 Cháo hú
巢湖市 Cháo hú shì Chaohu prefecture-level city in Anhui巢湖市 Cháo hú shì
倾巢而出 qīng cháo ér chū the whole nest came out (idiom); to turn out in full strength傾巢而出
雀巢 Què cháo Nestlé雀巢 Què cháo
窝巢 wō cháo nest窩巢
倾巢 qīng cháo lit. the whole nest came out (to fight us)傾巢
居巢区 Jū cháo qū Juchao district of Chaohu city 巢湖市 Cháo hú shì [Cháo​hú​shì], Anhui居巢區
精巢 jīng cháo testes精巢 jīng cháo
黄巢起义 Huáng Cháo qǐ yì Huang Chao peasant uprising 875-884 in late Tang, led by Huang Chao黃巢起義
营巢 yíng cháo to nest營巢
居巢 Jū cháo Juchao district of Chaohu city 巢湖 Cháo hú [Cháo​hú], Anhui居巢 Jū cháo
鹊巢鸠占 què cháo jiū zhàn to reap where one has not sown鵲巢鳩占
巢湖地区 Cháo hú dì qū Chaohu prefecture, Anhui巢湖地區
覆巢之下无完卵 fù cháo zhī xià wú wán luǎn lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom)覆巢之下無完卵
倾巢来犯 qīng cháo lái fàn to turn out in force ready to attack (idiom)傾巢來犯
卵巢窝 luǎn cháo wō ovary卵巢窩

巢 Cháo Decomposition & Compounds

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巢 Cháo Decomposition

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巢 Cháo Compounds

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  • 巢 Cháo
    • 漅
      • 薻 zǎo
    • 剿 jiǎo , 摷 jiǎo , 璅 suǒ , 缫 sāo , 鏁 suǒ , 隟 xì , 勦 chāo , 樔, 窼, 繅, 罺, 轈, 鄛
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